Chapters 27-28


Summary
Pip gets a letter fro m Biddy stating that Joe will come for a visit. Pip does not want him to come, and especially does not want Drummle to see him. When Joe arrives he tries to small talk with Pip about the things going on. Pip doesn't seem interested with the information Joe brings until he mentions that Estella has returned to the Satis House. Pip starts to act warmer towards Joe after this news but Joe leaves. Pip, guilty of his actions, decides to take a visit home to see Estella. Pip's memories of the convict from so many years ago haunts him when he sees the mysterious man from the pub (Ch. 10 pg.71) in the carriage in which he is traveling home. The mysterious man mentions "Pip's convict" and Pip gets off the carriage many miles before town.

Discussion

1. Do you think Pip is changing to be a better person or worse? Does he feel guilty for how he treated Joe?
2. What does Pip think of Joe before he comes and after? Do his views about Joe change? How do they change? Why?

3. Do you think Pip has realized what he has become? Do you think he has realized that he has forgotten home and the people he truly loves? How does he feel about his actions?
4. Why do you think Pip's past will not leave him alone ? What do you think is the relevance to the story of him remembering his past?
5. Do you think it is possible for Pip to change back to his old self? Can people change? Explain.

Journal Entry
- Find one literary term and define where you found it and it's significance to the story in Ch. 27-8.....not ours obviously.
Not the common sense ones!! (i.e. Pip is the protagonist)
-State three things that happen to Pip in these two chapters.


Characters

Wopsle- Decides to become an actor
Pip- Starts to feel guilty about his conceitedness after Joe's visit, but is still running away from his past
Mysterious Man- has a relationship to Pip's convict from many years ago


Literary Terms
Foreshadowing- When the Mysterious Man mentions The Convict you can expect that The Convict will play a larger role in the story


Pictures from the South Park episode of Great Expectations! ROBOT ALIENS! you should watch it...

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